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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Paducah, KY

July 27, 2001Butler County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2001, 1:02 AM CDT for Butler County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 2001, 1:02 AM CDT (06:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2001, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Butler County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 304 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2001-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1876 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2001-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1876 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KPAH 270603
FFWPAH
MOC023-270900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
102 AM CDT FRI JUL 27 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 100 AM...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT SOME HOMES IN    
  POPLAR BLUFF BEGINNING TO FLOOD. WITH ADDITIONAL RAINS 
  EXPECTED...THE FLOOD THREAT WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE...SO THE   
  URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A FLASH 
  FLOOD WARNING.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  POPLAR BLUFF
  NEELYVILLE

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

LAT...LON 3690 9026 3652 9026 3651 9056 3687 9061

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.